Dili wants to automate due diligence with AI

by Cavil Consult Aggregator | Feb 19, 2024 | Social Media Tips

[ad_1] Stephanie Song, formerly on the corporate development and ventures team at Coinbase, was often frustrated by the volume of due diligence tasks she and her team had to complete on a daily basis. “Analysts burn the midnight oil working hundreds of hours doing the...

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son is reportedly seeking $100B to build a new AI chip venture 

by Cavil Consult Aggregator | Feb 19, 2024 | Social Media Tips

[ad_1] SoftBank Group’s Masayoshi Son has made no secret of his intent to double down on red-hot artificial intelligence industry. Now, he’s fundraising for his next move in that strategy. According to a report in Bloomberg, the SoftBank founder is seeking $100...

State of venture investments in India

by Cavil Consult Aggregator | Feb 19, 2024 | Social Media Tips

[ad_1] Over 150 investors, including Singapore’s sovereign fund Temasek and Malaysia’s Khazanah, gathered at Mumbai’s five-star Trident Oberoi hotel on a recent Friday for venture firm Lightspeed India Partners’ “Lift Off” summit. The two-day event aims to spark...

Partech closes its second Africa fund at $300M+ to invest from seed to Series C

by Cavil Consult Aggregator | Feb 19, 2024 | Social Media Tips

[ad_1] Partech has closed its second Africa fund, Partech Africa II, at €280 million ($300 million+), just one year after reaching its first close. At that size, Partech Africa, which originally targeted €230 million before its fundraising efforts started, solidifies...

Ford preps for its next big fight, Waymo recalls its self-driving car software and layoffs come for another AV startup

by Cavil Consult Aggregator | Feb 19, 2024 | Social Media Tips

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Family tragedy for former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki

by Cavil Consult Aggregator | Feb 18, 2024 | Social Media Tips

[ad_1] It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. Earlier this week, the 19-year-old son of former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, was found dead at UC Berkeley of an apparent drug overdose, according to his grandmother, Esther Wojcicki. The  news broke widely yesterday, though...